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Originally Posted by here today
And why is that SOME people have unrealistic expectations and confuse a therapeutic relationship with other kinds of relationships? And how are they going to understand and come up with a different perspective AFTER that happens? It may not be as simple to SOME people as it may be to others -- for reasons, as I have said, that we went into therapy with and which, I believe, need to be taken into account by the practitioners, just as if a blind person, say, went to the doctor -- there needs to be some recognition of the patient's/client's condition and accommodation made for that. Asking a blind person to read and sign a form for consent to treatment is -- well, ludicrous, isn't it?
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Definitely it’s not simple at all. I can’t say why some people have unrealistic expectations but I believe it should be addressed by a skilled therapist early on, possibly prior to the very first session. There also should be some literature out there explaining what therapy is and what isn’t, some type of manual that maybe had to be read prior to seeing a therapist, some type of term of service.
Having realistic expectations could help to avoid some suffering but I don’t think it’s easy at all or that some therapists aren’t responsible for setting those unrealistic expectations up and allowing it to go on.